Motor for rear driver's side window broken, window falls 1/3rd down now.

[EvilYoda]

So my beater of a car (well, 98 Grand Prix) is slowly falling apart and yesterday I discovered that the rear driver's side window was open as I was driving on the highway. I hit the button to no avail so when I got to my destination I took a look at it.

I thought that maybe the contact was bad, but I can hear the motor going but it's not caught on the window - at first I could move the window up with one hand inside and one outside, but it wouldn't stay so now it just sits about a third of the way down and won't go up any higher.

Can anybody tell me how much $$$ I'm looking at for a fix like this? I've never had to deal with this type of problem - first, I'll probably try to find a junkyard around here and hope for some luck there.

Thanks.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Regulator is most likely bad. Cost isnt too much, especially if you can score the part from a junk yard, but it could be a lot of work to replace it since they are often rivited to the door. Since the car is a beater, depending on the condition of the regulator, you might be able to raise the window and disable the motor and just stop using it.

 

[BlackTigers]

Remove the door panel, slide the window up, and find a way to affix it closed until it gets warm again.

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Remove the door panel, slide the window up, and find a way to affix it closed until it gets warm again.

A piece of wood jammed in there usually works pretty well. Since it's a rear window and you don't care you may just want to disconnect the motor and be done with it.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: Bignate603

Originally posted by: BlackTigers
Remove the door panel, slide the window up, and find a way to affix it closed until it gets warm again.

A piece of wood jammed in there usually works pretty well. Since it's a rear window and you don't care you may just want to disconnect the motor and be done with it.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too...I don't know what's going on in there until I tear it open but I was just hoping for some miracle response. Oh well

But you're all right, I don't really use the back seat windows anyway so I'll probably just close it up (if I can) and make it stay that way somehow. That next car purchase halfway through next year just looks better and better

 

[bamx2]

Motor with window regulator at not very pricey form Autozone , Advance , Rock Auto . They are not that ahrd to install if you are patient .

 

[EagleKeeper]

Car-Parts.com lists 16 used regulators in the AZ area. $75-$150

I had one replaced on wife's 86 LeBaron for $40 labor at a local autoglass shop back in '03.
I ordered the unit of the internet and had no problems with the order or the installation.

 

[EvilYoda]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
Car-Parts.com lists 16 used regulators in the AZ area. $75-$150

I had one replaced on wife's 86 LeBaron for $40 labor at a local autoglass shop back in '03.
I ordered the unit of the internet and had no problems with the order or the installation.

Hmmmm, thanks! I'll look into that. If it's that cheap then I have no problem getting it fixed.